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Of Monsters And Heroes And Men Lyrics
Stray cats with fish heads
Feeding their litters
Feral kids fight
Over rats tailed from gutters
Bookie mouth brokers
Rotten fruit sellers
Pickpockets ghost through the crowd
He climbs onto boxes
By market stall traders
Toothless and grey haired
Thousand yard stare
He had a vision
Which broke the receiver
Receiving transmission
Surface to air
Either way
I’m in awe of you
Either way
We’ll survive
We’ll survive
Conjuring devils
Angels and demons
Only the children see shape to his tone
Laughing and crying
His song fell upon us
We buried his treasure along with the bones
Arms held aloft
A Y to the sky
Innocent witness
He testified
Drained of his purpose
He falls off the quayside
Absorbed by the ocean
Rolled by the tide
Either way
I’m in awe of you
Either way
We’ll survive
Either way
I’m in awe of you
Either way
We’ll survive
We’ll survive
Under the power lines
Which crackle and sparkle
Under the freeway
Now mostly rubble
The hungry still gather
To fill up with stories
Of monsters and heroes and men
Under the stars
Which prick us and call us
Connect us to hope
That perfection’s within us
Here on the ground
We’re reckless and hopeless
Damned by the slip of a pen
Rambling poets
Manic with vision
We are the drivers yet we feel driven
Moths in the moonlight
Fooled by a flashlight
Caught in a jam jar
Gasping for air
Rambling poets
Manic with vision
We are the drivers yet we feel driven
Moths in the moonlight
Fooled by a flashlight
Caught in a jam jar
Gasping for air
Either way
I’m in awe of you
Either way
We’ll survive
We’ll survive.
Feeding their litters
Feral kids fight
Over rats tailed from gutters
Bookie mouth brokers
Rotten fruit sellers
Pickpockets ghost through the crowd
He climbs onto boxes
By market stall traders
Toothless and grey haired
Thousand yard stare
He had a vision
Which broke the receiver
Receiving transmission
Surface to air
I’m in awe of you
Either way
We’ll survive
We’ll survive
Angels and demons
Only the children see shape to his tone
Laughing and crying
His song fell upon us
We buried his treasure along with the bones
Arms held aloft
A Y to the sky
Innocent witness
He testified
Drained of his purpose
He falls off the quayside
Absorbed by the ocean
Rolled by the tide
I’m in awe of you
Either way
We’ll survive
Either way
I’m in awe of you
Either way
We’ll survive
We’ll survive
Which crackle and sparkle
Under the freeway
Now mostly rubble
The hungry still gather
To fill up with stories
Of monsters and heroes and men
Under the stars
Which prick us and call us
Connect us to hope
That perfection’s within us
Here on the ground
We’re reckless and hopeless
Damned by the slip of a pen
Rambling poets
Manic with vision
We are the drivers yet we feel driven
Moths in the moonlight
Fooled by a flashlight
Caught in a jam jar
Gasping for air
Rambling poets
Manic with vision
We are the drivers yet we feel driven
Moths in the moonlight
Fooled by a flashlight
Caught in a jam jar
Gasping for air
I’m in awe of you
Either way
We’ll survive
We’ll survive.
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Great song showing what the reunited James are capable of. Booth's lyrics are...simply brilliant. To me this is a celebration of the human spirit, set in a post-apocalyptic future. The old man is somebody who remembers what the world was like before the collapse and is regaling his audience with tales of how it was before; only those with a child's imagination can see vividly what he's describing.
As fitting the theme of the album the message is anti-war and is imploring the mass of humanity to wake up and break the cycle of the few leading the many.
The highlight of a brilliant album. As usual Tim Booth has managed to paint the perfect picture with words. This time of utter desolation.
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT